It turns out elbow grease makes great clean water. CARE helps communities learn to build and maintain people-powered water pumps, a low-cost way to provide safe drinking water to poor communities. Treadle pumps, for example, create suction that pulls...

After fleeing war and unimaginable terror, traumatized refugees arrive at camps with no resources, craving familiarity. Seeds, tool and training from CARE can help families work together to grow a community garden for much-needed nourishment, normality...

Conflict is shocking and heartbreaking, especially for innocent children who find themselves far from home in a refugee camp. CARE creates child-friendly spaces in refugee camps around the world where children can play together. A simple boardgame can...

Illnesses caused by a lack of clean, safe water kill as many people around the world every year as live in Chicago and San Francisco combined. When clean water isn't easily available, CARE provides water treatment tablets to make available water safe. A...

After fleeing war and unimaginable terror, traumatized refugees arrive at camps with no resources, craving familiarity. &nbsp;Seeds, tool and training from CARE can help families work together to grow a community garden for much-needed nourishment,...

Learning a marketable skill can be a crucial step in overcoming poverty. CARE's support of vocational education often goes hand in hand with teaching basic literacy, numeracy, life skills and business skills. This, plus access to savings and credit...

There's a reason farm animals are called livestock. A cow is a valuable investment that pays dividends for years in the form of protein-rich milk, cheese and yogurt. It's a source of income and and a store of wealth. A gift of a cow can change a family's...

Millions of poor, farming families around the world rely on milk from their cows for extra income. These simple, handheld devices have revolutionized the buying and selling of milk in poor communities, ensuring hardworking farmers get a fair market price...

Water is life. Illnesses from contamined water are the leading cause of death of children around the world. When an emergency occurs and people lose access to clean drinking water, their lives are at immediate risk. CARE provides 5,000 liter containers...

In remote communities without hospitals or clinics, schools are often the only place for a child to get help when accidents or injuries occur. A gift of first-aid training for teachers is an investment in a safe, healthy future for their students.